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Boehner’s spokesman, Michael Steel, said in an email that the speaker “is proud to be included on a list of those willing to stand against Putin’s aggression,” according to Bloomberg.

President Barack Obama on Thursday expanded U.S. economic sanctions against Moscow, targeting President Vladimir Putin’s chief of staff and 19 other individuals, as well as a Russian bank that provides them support.

Obama also warned of more costs to come for the Kremlin if the situation worsens, saying he had signed an executive order that would allow the U.S. to penalize key sectors of the Russian economy.

Speaking after meeting with Putin in Moscow, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said he “emphasized that all parties refrain from any hasty or provocative actions that could further exacerbate an already very tense and very volatile situation.”

In an address to the German Parliament in Berlin, Chancellor Angela Merkel said the EU was readying further sanctions and that the G8 forum of leading economies had been suspended indefinitely. Russia holds the presidency of the G8 and Putin was due to host his counterparts, including Obama, at a summit in Sochi in June.

Merkel said EU leaders would increase “level 2” sanctions against Russia when they meet later Thursday in Brussels to widen the list of those whose assets are being frozen and who are banned from travelling.

She also reiterated that if things worsen, the EU is prepared to move to “level 3” measures, which would include economic sanctions.

“The European Council will make it clear today and tomorrow that with a further deterioration of the situation we are always prepared to take level 3 measures, and those will without a doubt include economic sanctions,” she said.

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